I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

I have never been a communicant.

An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.

the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.